Altitudinal gradients in tropical forest composition, structure, and diversity in the Sierra de Manantlan

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 999-1020

  Vázquez G, J Antonio ^a   Givnish, Thomas J ^b  

^a Carretera a Nogales   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Gradient analysis; Growth forms; Meso American vegetation; Seed dispersal; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOREST; MEXICO; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ALTITUDE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CERRO GRANDE; JALISCO STATE; MEXICO;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0032426575     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1998.00325.x     Document Type: Article

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